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7 unusual facts about railroad switch


Arisaig railway station

On 29 April 1984, the crossing loop was reinstated to cater for the steam trains, but with train-operated points at each end.

Berlin Potsdamer Platz station

The long-distance station is, strictly speaking, not a station but just a stop, as it lacks the points required to be classified as a station under German law.

British railway signals

Additionally, a red signal will be shown on the approach to a set of points when a clear path through them is not set.

Caldicot railway station

In typical broad gauge fashion, these works lines used two short hand-worked turntables to move wagons between the lines, rather than points.

Lincoln Central railway station

new points and crossovers which allow all three through platforms at Lincoln to be used in both directions and allows trains from the east to enter the two bay platforms (1 & 2) directly.

Neufahrn bei Freising station

The previously unused home platform was also rebuilt and installed with new points, which are designed for 100 km/h.

Ridge, Robertson County, Texas

In 1916, the Missouri Pacific Railroad placed a switch known as Ridge in the community, and the community became known as Ridge.


Labu Komuter station

Located between a village and a large palm oil estate, the station previously served KTM Intercity train services from 1903 to 1995 and now primarily serves Rawang-Seremban Line KTM Komuter train services, but located along a four-lane railway (two acceptance routes at both ends and two basic routes in the middle), the station is also in charge of managing railway switches and supports a small railway staff.

Muttbach-Belvédère Station

In the Swiss German dialect, the expression Haltestelle normally refers to a railway facility without points or switches, where scheduled trains are allowed to stop, depart or terminate.

TGV world speed record

The two branches separate at Courtalain, 130 km west of Paris, where movable frog points good for 220 km/h (137 mph) in the diverging route direct trains towards either Le Mans or Tours.


see also

South Norwalk Railroad Bridge

The bridge is adjacent to the South Norwalk Switch Tower Museum, which showcases the railroad switch tower where tracks were physically switched at the intersection of the Danbury Branch and the New Haven Line.